A very rare Latronic Notron has come up on US eBay. The Notron was a fantastically cult British-designed MIDI step sequencer used by Bjork, Howie B etc. It's a Mark 2 model, not the really cool digital toilet seat original. It was developed by Gerald Campbell, who last year announced the MXF8 MIDI DJ controller. Unfortunately, it seems like he's left some disappointed customers, and his site has disappeared. Anyway, I'd really love a Notron, but I'm not sure I'm up for the $850 starting bid. Can't someone build a software-based Notron Emulator? More on the Notron here, here, here and here.
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Everyone seems to be interested in old-fashioned step sequencers again. SoS just reviewed a CV-to-midi converter which allows ancient sequencers to control and sync to computers, and everyone wants a Latronic Notron - the 90s hardware sequencer that Bjork and Howie B used - now selling for $2,000+. Out today is the snappily named SQ42 - a baffling looking multi-channel sequencer inspired by the hugely desirable Korg SQ10 (above). You can download the demo here.
I haven't had time to play with it, but it looks interesting.
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